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Mr. W.'s classroom raised $2,060

Toy Design: A Sculpture Class

My students need a variety of wood boards of different widths and thicknesses to design and complete various sculptures including kinetic sculptures.

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Mr. W.
Grades 9-12

After working for Verizon as a cable splicer and electronic technician for 24 years I am now a mathematics/technical skills/art teacher at an alternative high school serving “at risk' students who have transferred from previous high schools where most of them have been unsuccessful. 66 percent of our student body receive free or reduced lunch. Despite past history and circumstances, the school sends 97% of its graduates on to college. My students come from all 5 boroughs and include a few teen moms we have a nursery in the building. Many of my students have had very little exposure to the arts and hands on activities. I find that if they get excited about art they get more engaged in their academic courses.

I have created a course called Toy Design, a sculpture class for students 14-18. Classroom activities provide students with the skills to use many different mediums and tools. We use many materials including paint, paper mache wire, cardboard but mostly wood.

We need a variety of sizes of wood to allow students to create their sculptures that interest them. Most of them love carving and using the electric drills and saws.

Any partial donation of this project will help this unique class empower students to broaden their horizons in a field of art that is new to them.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

40 students impacted 36 donors
Mr. W. Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

40 students impacted 36donors

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
Poplar Boards, Oak Hobby Boards, Poplar Boards, Scant Boards, Common Boards • Metropolitan Lumber Soho $22.34 73 $1,630.82

Materials cost

$1,630.82

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$40.77

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$1,689.00

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$370.76

Total project goal

$2,059.76

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $2,059.76

29 Donors

-$988.65

Donations toward project cost

-$844.10

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$144.55

match offer

-$994.00

Match offer toward project cost

-$815.08

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$178.92

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$40.74

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 $0.00

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